Thomas Sanders comes to the office this week with a commitment to help the U.S. rebuild its manufacturing capabilities for nuclear technologies
In an exclusive interview with the Energy Collective, Thomas Sanders, Ph.D., who takes office today as the President of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), shares his vision to revitalization of American manufacturing capabilities for "right-size" reactors and a companion program of reliable fuel services. This audacious agenda will be a signature of his term as the head of the nation's leading scientific and engineering professional society for nuclear energy.
Thomas Sanders, Ph.D. says he isn't just painting a picture of commercial success. What he has in mind is a combination of "right-size reactors" of 100-300 MW and cradle-to-grave reliable fuel services for developing nations. This is an early exposition of what Sanders plans to make as major priority for the nuclear science and engineering professional society during his term in office.
Read the full interview at the Energy Collective web site.
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1 comment:
Tom is right about small reactors but the problem is that with no early US customers, NRC can not give design certification a priority. Without that design cert, it will be hard to commercialize the design setting up a chicken-or-the-egg scenario. Bottom line-- the DOE has to be willing to do a small reactor design cert much the same way they supported NP2010.
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